Good Hope Festival Event Management Plan nd rd 2 & 3 August 2014 Version 1 Dated 04 March 2014 INFORMATION WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT IS CONFIDENTIAL AND FOR THE USE OF PRE-PLANNING COMMITTEE ONLY © Continental Drifts Index Of Sections 1 Section 1 Event Overview Section 2 Appendix 1- Management team overview Appendix 2- Overview of site facilities and attractions Appendix 3- Welfare and first aid Appendix 4- Main Arena- Safety, access and egress Appendix 5- Emergency protocols and intervention procedure (incorporating emergency procedures, major incident plan and intervention procedures) Appendix 6- Crime reduction policy Appendix 7- On site safety controls Appendix 8- Children and vulnerable persons protection plan Appendix 9- Continental Drifts policies (Incorporating Safety policy, key staff roles and responsibilities and environmental policy) Appendix 10- Acoustics report and noise management plan – (to follow) Appendix 11- Traffic Management plan – (to follow) Appendix 12- Risk assessments Appendix 13- Security deployment Appendix 14- Premises license to follow Appendix 15- Insurance documents – (Good Hope Festival insurance to follow) Appendix 16- Fire brigade letter – (to follow) Appendix 17- Copy of license advertisement Appendix 18- Transport facilities and capacities – (to follow) Appendix 19- Site Map- to follow Appendix 20– Traders list- to follow Appendix 21- Alcohol management plan Appendix 22- Resident letter- to follow Appendix 23 -Waste Management and Litter Plan- to follow Appendix 24 -Sanitary and Washing Facilities Plan- to follow Appendix 25- Event contractor list- to follow 2 GOOD HOPE FESTIVAL: EVENT OVERVIEW Saturday 2 ND & Sunday 3 rd August 2014 2014 is the 1st year of the Good Hope Festival, an open air event that will be based upon live music from artists performing on one outdoor stage, two indoor stages. As well as activities, installations and subsidiary entertainment on Blackheath Common on Saturday 2 nd & Sunday 3rd August 2014 between the hours of 12:00 and 21:00 on Saturday and 13:00 and 21:00 on Sunday. The attraction to an event of this nature is that there are a large number of artistes playing stages over the weekend, appealing to a wide range of people. A reasonably diverse demographic mix would be expected to attend the event. However the audience profile for the event will be mainly a family audience. Adults will range from 25-45 mainly with children from 0-16. There will be much for a family audience to enjoy as well as more high profile bands and musicians for young adults, teens and adults. There will be no contentious artists booked to play the event. A joint working approach has been adopted by The Jimmy Mizen Foundation and Continental Drifts ltd. Liaison with Lewisham Council regarding licensing has already taken place. Throughout the event planning the event organisers will attend SAG (Safety advisory group) meetings as well as arrange further meetings with the Met Police, Transport for London, London Ambulance Service, Glendale, security personnel, Lewisham council and South eastern Trains to organise the event successfully. During the event itself the organisers will be supported by the Emergency Liaison team (ELT) which is the equivalent of an on-site SAG. The ELT will consist of: • Tommy Mizen, Jimmy Mizen Foundation/ Good Hope Festival -premises license holder • Mandy Janes Event manager-Continental Drifts • Mel Wilds Production manager – Continental Drifts • Lewisham Council • Event Health and Safety officer • Lewisham Council safety officer • First aid provider • Met police • Steve Bettesworth-Head of Security • Gemma Buttle Glendale • All key decisions about the event will be made by the ELT who will meet regularly during the event. For information on the experience of Continental Drifts and key event staff please see Appendix 1 This event management plan is a working document and will be amended throughout the planning process 3 Estimated attendance: A maximum attendance of 15,000 per day Timings: Saturday 2 nd August Doors Open: 11:00 Live music Starts: 11:00 Sale of Alcohol: 11.00-20.45 Music stops: 21:00 Concessions close 20.45 Doors Close: 21:00 Sunday 3rd August Doors Open: 12:00 Live music Starts: 12:00 Sale of Alcohol: 12.00-20.45 Music stops: 21:00 Concessions close 20.45 Doors Close: 21:00 Event address: Blackheath Common Shooters Hill Road Lewisham London SE3 0TZ 4 1. Fencing and Barriers A combination of heras fencing, Hi Hoard (steelshield), crowd barriers and pedestrian fencing supplied by specialist contractor ‘FENCING CONTRACTOR (tbc)’ will be used to secure different areas of the site. Full details of the fencing plan will be confirmed in later drafts of this manual . 2. Stewards and Security There will be a combination of stewards and SIA qualified security personnel on duty at the event supplied by specialist contractor SB security. There will be security deployed at the event to manage gate entrances, specific onsite positions, crowd management and secure backstage areas. See appendix 1 for company details. Personnel will be deployed as per the security deployment document (Appendix 13) approved by the metropolitan police, which has been developed after an assessment based on initial meetings, site visits, knowledge of similar events and industry experience. Security officers will be on site from the time the first piece of equipment arrives until the last thing leaves to ensure that there is no tampering with equipment or theft. All security will be SIA registered and stewards will have undergone rigorous training in event and crowd safety. All steward and security staff are professional. 3. Communications Key site staff, emergency services and security teams will maintain radio contact. Separate channels will be used for ease of communication. All staff who have a radio will be trained in its use. There will be a mobile telephone available in the production office and all staff’s mobile contact details will be held in the production office and provided to emergency services and other agencies working on the event. 4. Radio Channel Listings 1 Production / Site Staff 2 Security / Lost Children Staff 3 Council Staff 4 First Aid Contractor 5 Emergency Services/ ELT 6 Electrician 7 Stages & Sound consultant 8 Markets 9 Sponsorship and Press 10 Spare Channel 5. Signage Clear and well lit directional signage will direct the audience to exits and amenities around the site including Toilets, First Aid provision, and refreshment areas. All stewards, security staff and production staff will carry site maps. 6. Identification All event staff will wear branded wristbands for ease of identification. Security staff, stewards and first aid staff will wear appropriate, easily identifiable high-vis uniforms. 5 7. Lighting Tower lights will be provided to assist the public to move safely around the site after dark and aid the safe erection and dismantling of the site. These will be used only when necessary and will be positioned to avoid light bleed from the perimeter of the site. Additional festoon and flood lighting will be provided around the catering areas and toilets. Exits will be lit. 8. Set Up Continental Drifts staff will begin marking out the site on Monday 28 th July 2014 with the majority of the set up taking place on 29 th July – 1st August. Set up will be managed to avoid noise nuisance outside of standard work hours. Agreed details of noise management will be contained in the Noise Management Plan in Appendix 10 9. Take Down The event take down will take place on Monday 4 th – Weds 6 th August 2014. There will be some production items removed on the evening of the 3 rd August. The site will be cleared as quickly as possible and certainly by EOP Wednesday 6 th August Take down will be managed to avoid noise nuisance outside of standard work hours. Agreed details of noise management will be contained in the Noise Management Plan in Appendix 10. 10. Health and Safety We will have a NEBOSH qualified health and safety officer on site during the build, breakdown and event to oversee health and safety procedures and advise on best practice. All staff will be briefed on our safety policy and issued with relevant PPE. Initial draft risk assessments can be found in appendix 12 More in depth event risk assessments will be drawn up in early March once event contractors and further details about the event have been confirmed. 11. Drinking Water Audience have access to free water on site at first aid points. In addition to this bottled water will be available to buy from stalls and bars. Staff, contractors and artists will have access to water in all backstage areas and production area. 12. Site crew We are providing an experienced site crew for the event. They will be managed by Continental Drifts event management team. They will take care of all in-house infrastructure set up and break down. 13. First Aid First Aid provision for the event will be provided by the ‘First Aid Contractor tbc’ who have assessed the event’s requirements based on guidelines set out in the HSE’s Purple Guide (see Appendix 3 for details) 14. Fire protection Fire protection for the event is in line with industry guidelines, the fire brigade are invited to all SAG meetings and will be kept updated with the event plan. Please see appendix 16 for a copy of the fire brigades letter concerning the event. In the event of a serious fire, staff will be directed to call 999 for assistance. 15.Sound 6 Sound will be provided by a specialist contractor “contractor tbc”. The same provider will be used for all sound systems. Vanguardia will monitor the sound levels set by the council throughout the event. 15. Lighting Lighting will be provided by a specialist contractor for the main stage and other event areas and stages.